College is making me feel depressed?
I have had to do something twice to succeed. I saw your question, and I intended to answer it later. Then, I forgot the query title of your question, and I had to go back to look at the list to find it. Doing things twice to succeed is an imminent part of life, sometimes. I agree with some very thoughtful advice given here. I'm just going to say that it seems that you're a smart student and it is probably not your ability which is hindering you, but your method. If someone's smart, then they're smart. Plain and simple. But sometimes, we make mistakes about HOW to study than actually doing the studying itself. Heck, I look at you more favourably because you are doing well in your English and Humanities courses. Those courses usually require creative, critical thinking. Anatomy and Physiology require brute memorization, as someone pointed out to you earlier. I value critical, intellectual thinking over brute memorization. To me, if you can think critically, you'll find a way out of this predicament. Everyone needs help. I would talk to a counsellor, as someone duly pointed out here. It isn't something to be ashamed of, indeed. How many people go through life without getting the adequate help they require? Now, that's just asinine. First, rectify your study methods. Then, your self-confidence and hopelessness. I think that once you get back on track with your studies, you'll feel much better. Good thing is that you're in Sophomore year. You've got two years to go after this, and usually the 3rd and 4th year is considered to be the most important. Many employers skim transcripts from the "bottom-up", because they want to see how you've been doing recently. A 4.0 average in first year is nothing if you only succeed to get a 2.0 in final year. I'd rather take a student who got a 4.0 in his/her final two years, and maybe did badly in his/her first two years, than someone with say, a 3.5 cumulative GPA throughout (uniformly distributed). So, in short, there is hope. Want more hope? My management professor claimed he failed like three quarters of his first year courses. And not just marginal fails, but ABYSMAL fails. And, he became my professor, and after he finished his undergrad, he earned an MBA and an MSc. at very competitive universities. Good luck. You know what you have to do. Now, get cracking!
How do I overcome nightmares about college coursework?
Nightmares occur when you give up or when you perceive a huge obstacle that is preventing you from progress.The key to having no nightmares is to live life in a way that you need not to give up nor that you have to feel overwhelmed by fear of not being able to overcome huge obstacles.Gain confidence that you can do the things you do. Do the things you also have confidence in doing in real life. It is ok to do difficult things in life that may seem impossible, but never think inside your head that it will be the end of everything. Your life goes on and only when you push a horrible situation as your only escape route, then you sure will have a nightmare. Give yourself the freedom of multiple options in life that make you happy. Don’t let one thing stand in the way of everything.As an example, you can cry the rest of your life (and have nightmares about it) that you cannot play the piano because you lost your arm; or you learn how to sing!So if you have nightmares about a particular part in your life, do make sure that you can sing. This way you will ensure to have a life with many options. I am not saying that you should avoid giving up or should avoid obstacles, but you should avoid making your life difficult by not giving yourself alternative options in life when life calls for it.
Why do I find teaching entry level college courses so stressful? I am a full time computer science instructor, in my first year. I find this job beyond stressful and frustrating because of the nature of materials. Will this feeling change with time?
For a number of reasons I’m sure. For info would help. This is my experience.My first semester teaching college was fantastic. I was teaching windows client O/S in our System Administration stream. Moodle was properly set up with the content, exercises, quizzes and assignments. There was even documentation about the issues the students may have doing the exercises. I felt fully prepared.Next semester was the exact opposite. There was a vague outline and some bullets of stuff I should cover for the 15 week web level 2. No exercises, rubrics, powerpoints, etc. I never felt prepared and was struggling to create exercises to engage the students.Now that it’s been 5 years I’m happy to take on new courses. This semester I got to teach web server management and organizational behaviour for the first time. It was great to learn new stuff and I’m more comfortable creating my own assignments.On to your stress. Just guessing here.Maybe you thought students wanted to be there compared to high school. Most don’t. Many are forced into higher education by their parents. It’s hard to get them motivated to learn when they don’t care.Maybe it’s because you expect the content to be provided for you. This does suck. Someone else there has probably taught the courses before and should be available as a resource. Ask.Maybe it’s because you know language X and now have to teach language Y. Suck it up. The logic doesn’t changed just the syntax.Do I find teaching stressful? Not this week. The semester ends this Friday :) Other weeks, sure. We have to have assignments marked within 5 business days so when a number of courses have assignments due on the same day it adds some stress. How to fix it? Schedule it better. That’s my bad planning so I own the stress.
I feel bad not going to college?
College is not for everyone. And sometimes it can be a real waste of time and money if you don't have an idea of what you are going to do with it. In high school, it was always assumed that I would go to college. To be honest, that was the only reason I went. And lets just say I went from being a student with a 4.1GPA in high school to a meager 2.3GPA in college b/c I failed a few classes (partially due to illness/unfortunate events and partially due to a lack of motivation). College is a little more difficult and requires much more motivation than high school since you spend less time in class (no teacher to yell at you to do your homework) and you don't have your mom to yell at you to get up and go to class. If you really hate school, wait until you have a reason to go. Seriously. Because now I'm in a situation where I know what I want (finally, lol), but I'm dragging along my horrible GPA. That means I'm out of the running for scholarships, many internships, and even graduate programs. I want to go to law school, but with my GPA, it's going to take a miracle. Don't screw up your record. Get some life experience and if things don't work out the way you want or you figure out that your dream career needs a college degree, then go back to school. There's nothing wrong with waiting to get your degree until your late 20s/early 30s. That's what my boyfriend did. Honestly, if he had gone to school right out of high school, he probably would have failed out. But now that he's older and has a career goal, he's got a 3.89GPA and is going to a great grad school. The only thing that would make it harder is if you decided to have kids before college. (If you think there's a possibility of returning to school, I'd hold off on kids for a bit. It's possible to graduate with kids in tow, but it's a lot harder). The college experience is fun, but plenty of people have survived without the college experience. And to be honest, if you're in any way successful, most of your college life is spent in the library studying with the occasional party on the weekend. I'm sure you do that now, except instead of studying, you're working.
16 credit hours 1st semester of college?
The classes I am taking are... English - Composition Intermediate Math (terrible at math) Into to Cultural Anthropology Intensive Review of French grammar Principal of Physical Geography All classes are 3 credits, except for the anthropology class because it has a discussion so it's 4 credits. Is this too much for 1 semester? 15 is the recommended number to take. I feel as if I can handle it, especially the classes i'm interested in (geography & anthropology) and since the French class will be mostly a review, but a few friends said not to take so many... Any tips?
Is it normal that college is making me depressed?
College depression is a widespread problem. In fact, some mental health experts believe that it's on the rise. At any given time, thousands upon thousands of college and university students feel so sad, anxious, lonely, isolated, or overwhelmed that they have trouble functioning in their day-to-day lives.Those types of intense feelings, especially when they persist for a long time, can have serious consequences. Being depressed in college can sometimes lead to getting lower grades, missing out on big social opportunities, experiencing physical health problems, or engaging in risky behavior such as unsafe sex, drug abuse, or binge drinking. For a clinically depressed (and untreated) college student, suicide is another potential outcome.So if you're having a hard time dealing with depression in college, then it's important to seek help right away. You don't have to face the challenge by yourself. It's true that you might feel embarrassed or afraid of how others will perceive you if you seek help. That's normal. But it's vital to understand that doctors and counselors are dedicated to maintaining your privacy. Plus, many other college students like you are experiencing the same thing. It is nothing to be ashamed of.
I like school but sometimes I feel really stressed because of so much coursework and exams coming up. What should I do? Is meditation good?
Yes, meditation is good, but there are some time-management skills that would also help. This way you’re not working so much on your personal stress level, but rather dealing with the cause of the stress!Take a look at all you need to get done with coursework and exams. Make a list. (If you do this in Microsoft Word or on an Excel Spreadsheet, it’s easy to cut and paste and move the items around as much as you want.) Include a note that estimates how many hours are needed for each item.Next, figure out which items on the list are going to have the biggest impact on your grades. Consider which course you’re lagging the farthest behind in and put that at the top of your list. The exams and coursework that are easiest for you go at the bottom of the list. You’re still going to deal with them, but you are eliminating the highest stress factors as soon as possible.There is another method that lets you do this in reverse. You take the same list, and put the easiest, or the tasks that take the least amount of time at the top of the list and work your way down to the bottom, with level of difficulty increasing as you go. This is good for people who procrastinate because this list is easier to get started on.Once you have your lists (priorities) in perspective, you can set up a schedule to get these things done. Try to space it out as much as possible before the deadlines and schedule time to get plenty of sleep and eat right. Another strategy is to go for a walk by yourself each day, if you can, for about 30 minutes. The mind processes things when you walk! It’s amazing therapy and really brings things into proper perspective. Ideas can pop in out of nowhere that help you become more efficient and make connections that help you understand things.Once your strategy is in place and you’re stress levels are lowered a bit, you can do some meditation exercises where you relax and focus on your breathing. I find meditation is good to help me deal with things I have no control over. But if there IS something you can do to improve a stressful situation, you’re better off devising a strategy and taking action.